Commercial databases (accessible only from university sites)
- ABA-CLIO America: History and Life (standard bibliographic source for the study of American history) (Ekstrom databases)
- JSTOR (full-text history journals database) (Ekstrom databases)
- HeinOnline (legal periodicals dating back to early 1800s)
- Making of Modern Law (full-text of over 21,000 19th and early 20th century legal treatises & pamphlets)
- APS Online (American Periodical Series; full-text popular magazines and journals 1740-1900) (Ekstrom databases)
- Newsbank (Access to current Kentucky and US newspapers, as well American historical papers, 1690-1876, and African American Newspapers, 1827-1998). (Ekstrom databases)
Free databases:
- American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
- James Madison Papers
- Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 1774-1875 (Journals of Congress (House Journal, Senate Journal, etc.), debates (Annals of Congress, 1789-1824; Register of Debates, 1824-1837; Congressional Globe, 1833-1873, Congressional Record, 1873-) and statutes and selected documents (Statutes at Large, American State Papers, U.S. Serial Set).
- Thomas Jefferson Papers
- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
- Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- Google Books (full-text of public domain texts, including many major treatises)
- New York Times Free Archive 1851-1922 ( New York Times articles in public domain; indexes later articles available for-pay. May need to establish free account).
- Constitution of the United States: Analysis & Interpretation - Comprehensively comments on and annotates the Constitution
- Federal Judges Biographical Database -- biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.
- Political Graveyard: A Historic Database of American Cemeteries
- The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (Official biographies of persons who served in the United States Congress. Additional information can be found at historical pages maintained by the House (http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/mem_bio/index.html) and Senate (http://www.senate.gov/learning/learn_history.html).
- Cornell University's Making of America (Full-text of major 19th century American periodicals)
- Dying Speeches" & Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library (http://broadsides.law.harvard.edu/)
Kentucky Legal History
- Attorney Generals of Kentucky: 1792-present
- Judges of Kentucky's Highest Court: 1792-present
- Trial Commissioners of the Court of Appeals, 1906-1975
- Kentucky Supreme Court By District, 1976-present
- Kentucky History Journals
- Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, 1903-present. No full-text but Index for the Register v. 68-110 (1970-2012) and Table of Contents for entire run of the Register.
- Filson Club History Society, 1926-2002. No full-text but Index (PDF)
- Ohio Valley History, 2003-present. -- FCHQ merged with Cincinnati Historical Society's Queen City Heritage to create this journal. Full text at Cincinnati History Museum.
- Louisville Free Public Library
- With a library card (free to all Jefferson County residents) one can access The Louisville Courier-Journal (1830-1922), the Cincinnati Enquirer (1841-1922), and the Nashville Tennessean (1812-1922).
- Google Books on Kentucky Legal History
- Lewis D. Dembitz, Kentucky Jurisprudence -- This scholarly treatise, by Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis' beloved uncle, is an excellent snapshot of Kentucky law just before the changes of the 20th century. Dembitz, the author of the leading American law treatise on land titles, was recognized in his time as a leading legal scholar.
- J.F. Johnson, Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials: A Collection of Important and Interesting Tragedies and Criminal Trials Which Have Taken Place in Kentucky (1916)
